Chapter 817: B-2 Sortie
Obviously, the Pakistani side does not want to expand the dispute, and the two sides fight each other across the Maldives Island, which is just an air contest, and if the fleets of the two sides get close and start a battle on the sea, it will definitely be a never-ending battle, at the cost of one side going to the bottom of the sea.
Perhaps, it's time for the United States to stop? Is it wrong to go to war with Pakistan? The elder Bush bit his lip tightly, and the confident old Bush had long since been replaced by uneasiness.
Those guys will definitely not give up, and they will definitely make a fuss about this matter, dozens of fighters were shot down, and hundreds of pilots spilled blood in the sky, which is indeed a defeat for the US Navy!
"Okay, I agree with the Air Force's plan and attack immediately!" Bush Sr. said: "Throw our anti-ship missiles on the heads of Pakistanis!" ”
"Mr. President, the combat effectiveness of the Pakistani naval aviation is obviously beyond our expectations, and in order to make our attack more smooth, we can put our new weapons into this attack." At this moment, the aide next to Bush Sr. said.
New weapons are to be used when they are developed, and this battle is a good opportunity to test your new weapons!
Bush Sr. nodded: "Yes, order our ghosts in the darkness, let's go!" ”
Whiteman Air Force Base.
Located in Missouri, it has been around for decades, dating back to World War II, when the United States was attacked by Pearl Harbor and launched a national mobilization called the Sidelia ****** Base. In 51 it was transferred to the Strategic Air Command for use by medium or heavy bombers, and since then it has been a concentration camp for American bombers, and the earliest model here is the B-47. In 55, Sidelia Air Base was renamed Whiteman Air Base. And in 93, the only U.S. 509th Bomber Wing equipped with B-2 Phantom stealth strategic bombers was stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, making the base one of the important bases of the U.S. strategic nuclear forces again.
Now, the time in the United States is already in the afternoon, and in general, the flight training at the base is over. And now. The urgent order made the atmosphere here suddenly tense.
In the constant temperature and humidity hangar, the huge black bomber is being intensively maintained, and this time it needs to be a long-distance flight, which is a time to test the endurance of the pilot.
In the bomb bay in the belly of the aircraft, the AGM-158 air-to-surface missiles outside the joint defense area are being mounted on rotating pylons one by one.
As the most advanced bomber in the United States, the Americans are also developing a variety of suitable weapons for this aircraft. In addition to ordinary falling bombs, there are also various stealth cruise missiles, such as the AGM-129, which is the first stealth air-launched strategic missile developed by the United States, but it is equipped with a nuclear warhead and is used to carry out strategic nuclear counterattacks.
At the same time, the Americans are also developing air-launched missiles for conventional warfare, after all, the dark clouds of nuclear war are gradually dissipating. And this AGM-158. It's the new conventional weapon.
The length of the projectile is 4.26 meters, and the width of the projectile is 0.55 meters. With a wingspan of 2.7 meters, a bomb weight of 1023 kg, and a maximum range of 320 kilometers, there are various types of warheads such as blasting and anti-personnel bombs and armor-piercing shells. An anti-jamming module is installed. It can be used in an environment of GPS interference, and a large number of stealth technology is used, and it has the ability to fight day and night around the clock. Due to the use of infrared imaging guidance in the terminal segment, it can have the ability to attack moving targets, and it is reprogrammed. If you can distinguish the type of opposing warship, it will be easier to strike.
Such a missile is precisely used to carry out the mission of bombing Pakistan's aircraft carrier formation! Stealth bombers, plus stealth missiles, are simply silent killers, and Pakistan is waiting for their aircraft carrier formations to be reduced to pieces in an explosion!
This time, with only two bombers, more than thirty AGM-158 missiles could be launched, and the rest would be handed over to the bombers taking off from Diego Garcia Island.
The scientific and technological strength of the United States is the strongest! Take any weapon out of the arsenal of the United States and lead Pakistan by many years!
At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the two black ghosts, which had completed preparations for takeoff, slowly left the hangar, and the layout of the flying wings was like a huge bat.
Four F118-110 non-afterburner turbofan engines, which eject gas backwards, cool the tail flame by mixing in additional air, the tail nozzle is no longer hot, and the infrared signature is significantly reduced, which is the most advanced technology in the United States!
The B-2 bomber glided down the runway, and the on-board computer controlled the various wing surfaces, and with the combined action, it soon took to the sky.
The American Ghost and the New York Ghost embarked on their long journey, refueling in the air and crossing the airspace of several countries as they crossed the ocean, but they had a lot of confidence in their bombers and had never been detected by enemy radar!
Although the American F-117 stealth attack aircraft was shot down once, it was found that it was hit at the moment when the bomb bay was opened, and the stealth performance was destroyed. As for the B-2 bomber of its own side, the stealth performance exceeds that of the F-117 by a grade, and this time it launched an air-launched cruise missile from a distance of 300 kilometers from the opponent, so it can be said that it will not encounter danger at all.
If it weren't for the fear of fuel, the pilots would have really wanted to hover in the sky and see what the opposing aircraft carrier formation looked like.
Now when it takes off and reaches the sky above the other side's head, it also happens to be night, and as a ghost in the dark, night is a paradise for B-2 bombers.
In the Indian Ocean, the waves are still a little high, and warships are constantly jolting in the sea.
Across the Maldives Islands, the Pakistan Navy completely used its aviation to fight each other, and by relying on its superiority in equipment, it crippled the carrier-based planes of the two US aircraft carrier formations, and this was a huge victory for the Pakistan Navy.
However, the US aircraft carrier group did not leave, and the other side retreated more than 200 nautical miles, temporarily disengaging from contact, and the Pakistani side also realized that the Americans were probably waiting for backup and wanted to continue the next attack.
For the United States, even if two are sunk, there are still eight aircraft carriers that can be used, and the decommissioned and mothballed aircraft carriers can be taken out and continued to be used. However, Pakistan, the current formation, can be said to be all the old roots of Pakistan, and if it is attacked by the Americans and there are losses, Pakistan absolutely cannot afford it.
Although Pakistan has the ability to build aircraft carriers, the catapults have not yet been completed, and if there are aircraft carriers, but without catapults, then there will not be such a powerful combat capability as it is now, let alone start the construction of an aircraft carrier, which will take several years to build.
As a result, the naval formation also began to retreat, and after exiting 200 nautical miles, it would be under the protection of fighters from the Bangalore Air Base in the southern part of the Indian peninsula, ready to respond to a greater crisis as it arose.
The Americans, as if they were a small power that could not be killed, were far inferior to the United States in terms of industrial base and the number of modern warplanes and warships.
Lieutenant General Norman eliminated the thoughts in his mind, and for him, there was only one task now, to knock out the arrogance of the Americans! If the Americans do not give up and continue to wage war, then resolutely counterattack the United States! Destroy the US aircraft carrier battle group and prove the true strength of the Pakistan Navy!
It was slowly getting dark, and the entire formation was still on alert.
On the deck of the aircraft carrier Endeavour, an E-2 early warning plane was re-ejected into the air, and in wartime, it is necessary to ensure that there is an early warning aircraft cruising overhead, so as to be able to gain the first opportunity, otherwise once the enemy's fighter planes attack at an ultra-low altitude, only relying on the long-range radar of the warship, the blind spot is very large.
Two aircraft carriers, each carrying five E-2 AWACS aircraft, can rotate lift-off for surveillance.
At the same time, long-range radars on various warships are also on alert.
Although the phased array radar is huge, it cannot be turned on indefinitely, in addition to consuming a lot of electricity, the life of the phased array radar is also one thing, so in the current situation, as long as the long-range warning radar is started.
The special feature of Pakistan's warships is the use of a huge Yagi antenna meter-wave radar, which is used as a long-range warning radar, even for advanced Friendship Shield warships.
This is also the reason why it was ridiculed by the West, the meter-wave radar, as a backward radar, has long been eliminated by the West, and now, Pakistan still uses this old radar as a long-range warning use, which shows how backward the performance of Pakistan's warships is, and the kind of friendship shield system that they advocate is afraid that it is also blown out, right? As long as it encounters a saturation attack by a wave of anti-ship missiles, it will definitely stop!
Even Europe does not have such a technology, can Pakistan develop it? Are you kidding!
While foreign comments were being publicized, the Pakistan Navy itself remained silent, as if confirming that their speculations were correct.
Only Pakistan itself knows that this kind of meter-wave radar is definitely not the original backward system, but an advanced radar that can transmit information to each other and detect targets in a unified manner after being networked after several years of research by the Tower of Babel High-tech Center!
Above the helicopter hangar at the tail of the destroyer Hassat, the Yagi antenna was slowly rotating, and the electromagnetic waves were shooting through the antenna to the surrounding sky.
This radar, after various modifications, can detect high-altitude targets at a distance of five hundred kilometers. (To be continued.) )